- Date
- October 23, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Piedmont, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11TNorth American F-51D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821023054959A
- Case key
- 72225
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The eng failed at 5,500 ft MSL. During an emergency landing at a 5,000 ft dirt strip (under construction for paving), gear extension was delayed to increase glide. The right gear did not have time to lock down & retracted during landing. Initial exam of the eng revealed that there was no valve action in the cylinders when the eng was rotated although both magnetos operated normally. Disassembly confirmed that the gear shaft, p/n 620078, which operates the two eng camshafts had sheared.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11T
- Reported as
- North American F-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4474425
- Airframe hours
- 911
- Engine
- Merlin V1650-9A, 1,375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Amyx
- Registered owner
- Robert Amyx
- Departed
- WPA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- WPA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- OKI5 · Jack Richards, runway 17, 5,000 × 0 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 12,385 total · 378 in this make and model · 7,990 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N11T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.